An alternative to Babelon (2003 Lett. Math. Phys. 65 229) construction of dual variables for the quantum open Toda chain is proposed that is based on the 2 × 2 Lax matrix and the corresponding quadratic R -matrix algebra.
We generalize Babelon's approach to equations in dual variables so as to be able to treat new types of operators which we build out of the sub-constituents of the model's monodromy matrix. Further, we also apply Sklyanin's recent monodromy matrix identities so as to obtain equations in dual variables for yet other operators. The schemes discussed in this paper appear to be universal and thus, in principle, applicable to many models solvable through the quantum separation of variables.
Investigated is the relativistic periodic Toda chain, to each site of which the ultra-local Weyl algebra is associated. Weyl's q we are considering here is restricted to be inside the unit circle. Quantum Lax operators of the model are intertwined by six vertex R-matrix. Both independent Baxter's Q-operators are constructed explicitly as seria over local Weyl generators. The operator-valued wronskian of Q-s is also calculated.
We reconstruct the canonical operators pi,qi of the quantum closed Toda chain in terms of Sklyanin's separated variables.